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2016 Postmortem

DJ13

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6. Bernie has said repeatedly that a President needs to utilize the support base he built to win.....

Reply to jillan (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 09:50 PM

Feb 2016

..... the office as a means of pressuring the opposition into enacting the policies he ran on.

A great many Dems criticized Obama after he was sworn in for not utilizing the massive base of support he built up in 2008 to get more of his campaign promises enacted.

Obama pretty much ignored his own base in enacting Obamacare, preferring to rely on the Blue Dogs to appease the conservatives over his own moderate supporters.

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A question for you - what did President Obama do that made Bernie say maybe he should be primaried? [View all] jillan Feb 2016 OP

SS and a number of other issues. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #1

That was an easy one. Chained CPI. The gift that keeps on taking. guillaumeb Feb 2016 #2

No public option. n/t Peregrine Took Feb 2016 #3

grand bargain Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #4

Bernie didn't get a pony bigwillq Feb 2016 #5

Bernie has said repeatedly that a President needs to utilize the support base he built to win..... DJ13 Feb 2016 #6